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Any ideas for a colour related book?

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notjudgingjustasking · 10/01/2020 15:41



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FoxInABox · 25/01/2020 23:37

I’m probably a bit late but Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is fantastic.

AnnaNotElsa · 25/01/2020 18:46

‘The colour of Bee Larkham’s murder.’ That’s a quirky read!

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 22/01/2020 16:07

I always want to add ‘like a donkey who has sat on a pin’ whenever someone says ‘like an arrow from a bow’, @Jux.

Jux · 22/01/2020 15:16

SDTG Land of Green Ginger was one of my favourite childhood books (and The Phantom Tollbooth). I got new copies for dd and she loved them. We used to use 'boomalakka wee' as an exclamation.

Clymene · 18/01/2020 18:26

Oh read The Colour. One of my all time favourite books.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 18/01/2020 18:24

Very odd, @toomuchsplother!

toomuchsplother · 18/01/2020 17:15

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius I am aware of that Land of Green ginger but I was actually thinking of the Winnifred Holtby book by the same name. Odd that there are 2 books with the same name!!

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 18/01/2020 14:49

You may be the first person on here who’s also heard of The Land of Green Ginger, @toomuchsplother. My party piece is that I can recite the spell that turns the magician back to himself, from memory. It isn’t much, but it is my talent! Grin

toomuchsplother · 17/01/2020 21:36

The land of green ginger, The Bluest eye, when hitler stole pink rabbit, black water

mamaduckbone · 15/01/2020 22:22

Orange is not the only fruit.

mamaduckbone · 15/01/2020 22:21

I enjoyed 'The girl in the red coat'

Skyejuly · 15/01/2020 13:41

Anne of green gables
Red tent

fishonabicycle · 14/01/2020 15:51

Chrome Yellow - Aldous Huxley

MaJoady · 13/01/2020 14:14

Thanks OP! Just noticed you’d replied with the list

Tuliptulip · 13/01/2020 01:44

White Teeth, Zadie Smith
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hathorne
The Greengage Summer, Rumer Godden (clearly the last one is a cheat, but I love the book!)

NYnachos · 13/01/2020 01:27

Blood orange - a good read!

HopeClearwater · 13/01/2020 01:14

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

Quite a few hours of my life I won’t get back there ...

lostsoulsunited · 12/01/2020 00:37

Victoria Finley, travels through the paintbox

Ellmau · 12/01/2020 00:33

Golden Hill, by Francis Spufford

MrsRedFly · 11/01/2020 21:49

Anne of Green Gables!

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notjudgingjustasking · 11/01/2020 13:18

I can't work out how to but I'll write it out
Jan-book with a colour in the title
Feb- book that is also a movie
March- book wit a nature word in the title
April- a book that has been sitting on the shelf
May- a children's or young adults book
June- with a place in the title
July- newest unread book on your shelf
August- a fantasy book
Sept- written before 1950
October- a thriller or mystery
November - a biography
December- a Christmas themed book

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MaJoady · 11/01/2020 12:08

OP, can you try again to share the list? Might try to do this independently. I always struggle to choose which book to read next, so this could be fun

MaJoady · 11/01/2020 12:07

Came on to say A Spool of Blue Thread or Crimson Petal and the White, but see they're already here. Can echo the recommendations though!

Although if you're worried about slow readers the latter is a big book (I loved it though, probably more than the Tyler)

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notjudgingjustasking · 11/01/2020 08:20

Thankyiu all so much for these suggestions lots to get going with - might retread the colour purple after all . February's theme is a book that's been made into a film so would also be ideal fir the people who take time to savour a book ( slowcreaders!)

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goldenorbspider · 10/01/2020 17:37

Red rising... dystopian fiction I wasn't a big fan and gave up.

Colour purple?

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